Campion Hall Newsletter

Campion News, Hilary Term 2015 page 1 Campion News The Newsletter of Campion Hall, Oxford University Number 3, Hilary Term 2015 Campion Warmly Commended Photo Brendan Callaghan SJ University Praise for the Hall “THE COMMITTEE . was most impressed by the These were the main conclusions of the recently quality of the Hall’s students, by its scholarly pur- released Report of Oxford University’s Supervisory posefulness and positive approach. Albeit on a Committee for its Permanent Private Halls, follow- small scale and notwithstanding its single-sex sta- ing on the Committee’s review of Campion in Trin- tus, Campion Hall seemed to the Committee to pro- ity Term 2014. The ten-strong Supervisory Com- vide an exemplar of how an academic community mittee and its officers visited the Hall on the after- should operate. The high standard of its community noon of 30 May and noon of 30 May and held -based academic life, and the central place of an meetings with the Master, the academic and admin- egalitarian ethos supporting academic endeavour istrative staff and students to discuss the self- were confirmed by all those whom the Committee evaluation which the Hall had pre-submitted, and to met. ” (7). tour the Hall under the guidance of two postgradu- Campion News Hilary 2015 Campion News, Hilary Term 2015 page 2 ate students and consider its membership, pro- grammes, facilities and amenities, before having From the Master afternoon tea with the Hall’s community. At the beginning of a new year and new term it is enormously gratifying and encouraging to Commenting further on the Middle Common Room have The Report on Campion Hall from the Su- (concentrating now on postgraduate studies, the pervisory Committee for the University’s Perma- Hall possesses no Junior Common Room), the Re- nent Private Halls (PPHs) referred to in these port observes that “the international diversity of its pages. Seven years ago, the Lucas review of all students . and of its academic visitors is strik- the University’s PPHs commented approvingly ing” (8). Likewise, in considering the Senior Com- of Campion that it provided “evidence of a mon Room, it remarks that “Its current fellowship strong community culture and collective rela- is small in number . ., but of high calibre” (7). tionships”, adding that “there is a preoccupa- tion with intellectual matters, and the research Mutual opportunities output of the Hall is at a good level of quali- The reviewing Committee welcomed the Master’s ty”(6). comment that the Jesuit Order, which is the spon- soring authority of Campion, considers the Hall as The recent Report serves to confirm and representing an unusual opportunity, insofar as strengthen this favourable impression of Campi- through the Hall the Jesuit Order has the opportuni- on. Its detailed approval of the student, research ty to be part of a world-leading higher education and other features, for which the Committee institute, profiting from its resources and in turn considers the Hall distinguished, highlights even offering its own contribution to the University’s life further the academic and community strengths of and activities. Accordingly, while welcoming the this institution. However, the Report also ob- news that the British Jesuit Provincial Superior has served that Campion Hall could be better known invited the Master to develop a strategic plan for within the University and offers its own explicit the Hall’s future, the University Committee also encouragement, both to the Hall and to the Uni- “believes that this creates an opportunity which the versity, to collaborate in increasing Campion’s University also needs to recognise and to act up- presence and impact in the work and life of Ox- on” (11). ford. It is my hope that a major feature of the coming year will be a consideration of A striking congruity how best to implement the recommendations The Report recognises that Campion Hall could be proposed to us to develop and expand Campi- better known in the wider university, since “the on’s synergy with the University congruity of its aims and ethos with those of the University is striking. The Committee believes It is a very happy coincidence that when the Ox- that broader engagement enabling the Hall to make ford PPH committee was beginning its formal a greater contribution to — and to be more widely review of Campion Hall, our Jesuit Superior valued by — the University should now definitely General in Rome addressed a letter to the whole be on the agenda” (11). Order on the subject of the Jesuit intellectual apostolate. He recalled that “the long tradition Many of the Committee’s recommendations (40) of the involvement of the Society of Jesus in the apply its concluding conviction that “there should intellectual apostolate forms part of our reli- be greater engagement between the University and gious identity”, but he added that we cannot rest the Hall,” and that this will entail “a growth in post- in the past: “a renewal of our efforts is needed graduate numbers and in the number of academic in every generation because of the constantly staff of the Hall” (37), as well as support being pro- changing context of this important work”. vided by the University to the Hall’s art, library and document collections. “It has much to gain from So, whether we believe in new year resolutions integrating Campion Hall more closely, and the or not, there is clearly much stimulating work to possibility of doing so should not be missed” (30). do in 2015 AMDG. Campion News Hilary 2015 Campion News, Hilary Term 2015 page 3 New Secretary Appointed Contents 1 Campion Warmly Commended 2 From the Master 3 Contents New Secretary Appointed Jesuit Alumni Lunch 4 Campion Matriculations 2014 Georgetown Visitors A New Publication 5 Campion Hall – What’s In a Name IT IS WITH PLEASURE that we report the appointment 8 A New Campion Website of Sarah Gray as the new Secretary of Campion The Newman Lecture 2015 Hall. Her early working life included six years in the City of London in a small Swedish bank. Then Campion Congratulations ten years were spent in the political world, working 9 The Jesuit Institute of Education in Westminster and doing wide-ranging constituen- cy work. Her previous roles in the University in- 10 The Oxford Catholic Chaplaincy clude working for the St Peter’s College Founda- 11 Treasures of Campion Hall, 3: tion, and then as Executive Assistant to the former Warden of The Rhodes Trust and subsequently as The Library part of its Development team. Sarah has already 12 Supporting Campion Hall made herself a valued member of the Hall community, and is also Personal Assistant to the Master. Jesuit Alumni Lunch JUST BEFORE the Christmas vacation the Hall held another lunch for Jesuit alumnae and alumni studying at the university, which was well attended and very much enjoyed by all. Maintaining their connection with the Society is something which is greatly valued by both parties. Further regular events are planned for the future, including a Holy Week re- treat to be held in the Hall for our former Jesuit students. Campion News Hilary 2015 Campion News, Hilary Term 2015 page 4 Matriculations 2014 Georgetown Visitors IN MANY non-collegiate universities, the term WE WELCOME Dr “matriculation” refers simply to students being Oriana Skylar Mas- listed and registered with the university. In Oxford, tro and her husband, however, a student is first accepted by a college, Arzan, who will be and then he or she is presented formally by their with us during Hilary college to the University at a matriculation ceremo- and Michaelmas terms. ny held in the Sheldonian Theatre, at which each is She is an assistant pro accepted by the University to study for an appropri- fessor of security ate degree. studies at the Edmund Last term the following three Jesuit postgradu- A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown ate students of Campion Hall were presented for University. After graduating in East Asian Studies matriculation for the doctorate by the Master’s rep- at Stanford, she gained her doctorate in Politics at resentative, Fr James Campbell: Princeton University, and is a Fellow of several se- Fr Emilio Travieso SJ comes from Florida, and is curity institutions. Her current focus includes Chi- beginning to study for the DPhil in International nese military and security policy and Asia-Pacific Development. The domestic duty he has picked up security issues. She will work on post-World War II on joining the Campion community is that of Li- wartime diplomacy, evaluating the conditions under brary Assistant. which leaders are open to peace talks, and when they Fr Cristoforo Fajardo SJ is from the Philippines refuse to entertain them. She is also a member of the and recently graduated STL in the Gregorian Uni- US Air Force Reserve, for which she works as a re- versity in Rome. He is now beginning his DPhil in serve air attaché for the Asia-Pacific region. international human rights, and is also occupied in Her husband, Arzan, worked for 13 years in the looking after the Hall’s photocopying room. Australian Department of Defence, and is an MPhil/ Fr Gerard Ryan SJ is a native of Ireland and a PhD student at King’s College London. At Oxford, graduate of Toronto University. He plans to take he will continue working on his dissertation on In- his DPhil on the theme of the theology of love and dia’s use of force. They both love travelling, eating, mutual recognition. His is the pleasant domestic and spending time with friends; and look forward to office of being assistant cellarer in the Hall.

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